Where does “échosondage” come from?
échosondage (French) comes from French sondage, from French sonder, from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
échosondage (French): echo sounding
Definitions
- echo sounding
Ancestry of “échosondage”, step by step
échosondage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French sondage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sondage | poll, survey; probing, probe, catheterization;... |
| 2 | French | sonder | to probe; to survey and take measurements using a... |
| 3 | Middle French | sonder | — |
| 4 | Old French | sonder | to plumb |
| 5 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 6 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 7 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |